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Methods and devices for preparing and implanting tissue scaffolds

  • US 10,449,052 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2016
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical method, comprising:

  • advancing a transparent film through a passageway extending through tissue and into a body cavity, the film having a folded configuration when disposed within the passageway and opening to a planar configuration upon passage out of the passageway and into the body cavity;

    positioning the film over a defect in a tissue surface in the body cavity;

    comparing a shape of the film to a shape of the defect;

    removing the film from the patient;

    cutting the film to have a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of the defect; and

    using the cut film shape as a template to cut a tissue repair scaffold such that the tissue repair scaffold has a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of the defect.

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